Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
UNION
of African and Hiram Lodges A.
T.. and A. Masons.
Peace and Harmony.

annual session and the latter ID spec.
ial session, all Of the grand officers 81
each being present.
The African Grand Lodge was com.
posed of fourteen subordinate lodges
/ and all We're represented by delegates
except two. The Hiram Lodge
was composed Of seven lodges and each
was represented. The grand masters
OF each grand lodge appointed com
mittee to meet jointly and to arrange
the time and place for the joint conven-
ton to meet. The committee met and
recommended North Star Hall, No. 2 as
the place Of meeting for the joint con.
yention and the time 8. o'clock. Which
was adopted by both bodies.
At the hour appointed Grand Master
G. H. Cleggett called the joint conyen-
ton to order, and on motion, Grand
Master Cleggett was made temporary
chairman and w. n, Bell, secretary.
The chairman appointed committee
on permanent organization. The COM
mittee made the following report on
permanent organization. For president,
Alexander Clark secretary I e. Gillian;
the report was adopted.
The chairman on taking the chair
made a brief statement of the work be-
fore the convention. All of Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday forenoon was
spent in discussing several propositions
to unite the two bodies. But it was not
until Wednesday afternoon that all
difference was settled to the entire salts
faction OF both grand lodges by the
consolidation Of both grand lodges into
one grand united body, to be known as
M. w. United Grand Lodge, of Iowa,
and its Jurisdiction, comprising the
states of Iowa and Minnesota. The
body is represented by twenty lodges,
all of whom have a good membership of
the more intelligent men in their To-
cality, and intend to bring the men to-
gether.
While there were some very strong
arguments produced and words waxed
very warm, the convention passed
along with the best of feelings on both
sides. The chair could restore order at
any time during the heated discussion.
There was large delegation present,
and not until o. clock Wednesday after
noon did they come to anything like an
adjustment of the depending difficulty.
A resolution by A. "A. Bland of Keokuk,
was offered as the first step, and A. J.
Harris, Of the same city, offered the
following substitute:
Be it Resolved, By this convention
that the African Grand Lodge and the
Hiram Grand Lodge unite into one
grand lodge to be known as the United
Grand lodge of Iowa, and be it further
Resolved, That there be a committee
of nine appointed by this convention to
draw up a constitution for said United
Grand lodge; said committee to consist
of five members from the African
Grand lodge and four members of the
Hiram Grand lodge, and the Grand
Masters of each Grand lodge. Members
ex-ofcio of said committee.
The substitute carried and in five min.
utes all the malice of six years standing
was sacrificed on the altar, and more
than two hundred Masons were re-
joicing in the grandest love feast eye1
| witnessed, and the wires were soon
sending the news all over the United
States.
Thursday afternoon was the election
Of officers of the new Grand Lodge a,
follows: g. H. Cleggett, W. G. M, Des
Moines; John Sims, R. w. d. g. M.
Oskaloosa; w. III. Jones, R. w. S. CIV.
Keokuk;; r. g. Thomas, r. JIG w.
Cepar Rapids; %. w. Anderson, Crane
treasurer, Keokuk; J. E. Gillian, grant
secretory, Keokuk, j. K. Hilyard, r
/ w. G. u, st. Paul, Mimi; g. IS. Stewar
R. w. G. r., Des Moines; Rev. William
Washington, grand chaplain, Newton
r. 81. Taylor, s. Ct. D., Cleveland, Iowa
s. Fox, y. p. g., Keokuls A. "a. Bla1ad
grand marshall, Keokuk; Geo. Taylor
4 G. M. O., Des Moines; G. S. CORNER, 6
s. B., Cedar Rapids; RS. Brown, G. ST
/ B., Muckakinnock; N. Dorset, s.. e. S.
4 Red Oak; 81. II. Hooker, j. G. s., De
Moines; Isaac Crawford, g. Per-, Min
neapolis; Alexander Clark, of Musca
tine, chairman Of the committee O
. foreign spondence; delegates t
Grand Masonic convention, to be he'll
i in Chicago, Aug o. g. II. Cleggett
4. Des Moines; ]. K. Hilyard, st. Paul; A
A. Bland, Keokuk Alternatives, M
!, N. Bell, Des Moines; Alexander CLARK
Muscatine; j. D. Gillian, Keokuk.. A. ]
Harris, Keokuk.
At the afternoon session "Wednesday
the M. w. United Grand Lodge adopte
1.-THE constitution of the African gran
lodge.
The newly elected grand master
grand senior warden, and grand secrt
tary, were members of the Africa
grand lodge, and the deputy gran
master, grand junior warden, and gran
treasurer were members of the Hiral
grand lodge
On the afternoon Of Thursday til
J, grand lodge headed by the Greenwoo
City cornet band escorted by Kin
solomon's commandery paraded th
principal streets Of the city. The
made very creditable showing, the
had about LIS masons in the processiio,
In the aveninp the GRAND tIo.ls,o -, 80